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The bill would make entering the U.S. illegally a state offense, giving police and state troopers the power to arrest undocumented immigrants.
The law would expand Texas law enforcement’s ability to detain and jail undocumented immigrants as illegal crossings into Texas across the Mexican border have surged. It would create an offense under Texas law mimicking federal laws against illegally entering the U.S.Critics say the law has the potential to flood local jails and create a need for new holding facilities that would be funded by property tax increases.And legal scholars question whether the law violates the U.S.
The Texas Department of Public Safety estimates that 1.5 million immigrants could cross into Texas illegally this year.
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